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City: Sunport security breach employees fired

By: Lauren Zakalik, General Assignment Reporter

Published On: Apr 04 2013 08:06:57 AM MDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -

City Attorney David Tourek said Helen and Francisco Acuna, a mother and son who worked for the Sunport, have been fired from the city after their alleged involvement in an aviation police evidence room security breach.

The city alleges the two gained unauthorized access into the evidence room, but will not go into detail except to say they "misused their position."

The two were fired in January after each had a hearing. Before that, they'd been transferred to other city departments. According to Sunport spokesman Dan Jiron, Helen had been an "access control technician" and Francisco had been a construction worker.

The city will not reveal if there was anything missing from the evidence room.

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